BOSTON - State aid for public schools would rise by 2.4 percent next fiscal year and unrestricted local aid would increase by 3.6 percent in Gov. Charlie Baker's budget proposal, which is set to be fully released on Wednesday.Lt. Gov.

BOSTON — After two months of jury selection, a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates was seated Tuesday for the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.The panel consists of eight men and 10...

FRAMINGHAM — When Nagarajan Sankrithi returned to his former home on Brook Street Sunday night to reconcile with his estranged wife, Sankrithi did not expect to find his friend and one-time piano teacher, David Polan, standing inside,...

NATICK – Selectmen Monday opted not to hold a special Town Meeting around the same time as spring Town Meeting.The Planning Board had requested that because a zoning article dealing with ancillary outlets might have benefited from...

The appointment of David Houghton as Wayland’s new fire chief was ratified by the Board of Selectmen on Monday night. He will succeed Vinnie Smith, who retired Feb. 24.According to Town Administrator Nan Balmer, Houghton was one of...

The New York Times reported last night that Hillary Clinton used a personal email account when she was secretary of state, a move that may have broken the rules. Clinton never had a State Department email address, and her email account wasn’t...

SOUTHBOROUGH — The town's Economic Development Committee is requesting more money next year to hire a part-time coordinator.The change in the budget request came after selectmen a few weeks ago asked the committee to come back...

ASHLAND - The Board of Health vote to hand over custody of the Howe Street landfill to the Board of Selectmen may be delayed for another month after the board failed to achieve a quorum at its meeting Friday night.On Feb. 24, the board...

FRAMINGHAM – The town says it has started the tax-taking process for more than 130 properties whose owners haven’t paid last year’s tax bills.Treasurer/Collector Carolyn Lyons said delinquent taxpayers owe the town...

NATICK - Selectmen are weighing a request from Belkin Family Lookout Farm for a pouring permit in conjunction with plans to produce and sell hard cider.John Burns of the South Natick farm told selectmen it plans to produce hard cider,...